Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.’s client, a co-op owner of two adjoining luxury apartments facing Central Park West, undertook a major renovation nearly four years ago, and is only now being completed. The alteration rules of this co-op are very stringent, and in particular the Alteration Agreement imposed very stiff fines for late completion. Furthermore, the longer the completion delay, the faster pace Full Article…
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Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Affirms an Unusual Ruling Issued by The Supreme Court
In a matter where taking too aggressive a position can backfire, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. obtained an affirmance before the Appellate Division of an order of the trial court, which stayed the prosecution of a plenary action a landlord brought against its tenant, pending the resolution of the holdover proceeding the landlord had previously commenced. Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Wins Judgment of Possession and Writ of Assistance in Post-Foreclosure Supreme Court Ejectment Action
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. won an order and writ of assistance in the Queens County Supreme Court, directing the Sheriff to eject the home occupants after foreclosure, and to put our client into immediate and exclusive possession of the property. Representing the buyer of the private Queens home after the foreclosure sale, Adam Leitman Bailey, Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Successfully Establishes that Plaintiff Lacked Standing in A Prior Foreclosure Action in Order to Defeat Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for Statute of Limitations in a Pending Foreclosure Action
In a highly contested foreclosure action, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was retained to step in as counsel for the new purchaser of the note and mortgage being foreclosed. The record owner Defendant moved to dismiss the action arguing that the loan was time barred by the six-year statute of limitations due to a prior action Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Obtained Payment of an Access License Fee for an Owner in a Case of First Impression Where Both the Owner and the Commercial Tenant Were Seeking Payment of a License Fee
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was retained to represent a homeowner in Brooklyn in connection with negotiation of an Access and License Agreement with the developer of the neighboring property. The parties were able to negotiate all the terms of the agreement, but the developer refused to pay the amount demanded by the Owner as a Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Repeatedly Wins Access for Emergency Repairs
A major client of Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. has had to endure damage to its building arising from the construction work of a large neighboring Manhattan institution. Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. persuaded the institution to fund the repairs and the legal work entailed in keeping the client’s building safe. Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. got the Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey P.C. Is Awarded Summary Judgment Dismissing Tenants’ Affirmative Defenses As Meritless and Ordering Immediate Access for Window Installation
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was retained by the owner of a building in West Harlem comprised of approximately 1,193 Class A apartments on a single footprint spanning over five towers. Due to the fact that all of the residential windows were more than forty-five years old, beyond their useful life, and increasingly costly to repair and Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Successfully Restores Shareholder’s Children To Possession Following Her Tragic Death In Illegal Lockout Proceeding
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was retained to restore the adult biological children of a deceased shareholder to possession of her Upper West Side Apartment following her sudden tragic death in Florida. Both sister and brother had resided in the apartment with their mother in the months preceding her passing as they strived to establish careers Full Article…